Example sentences of "[art] [noun] to keep [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sort of people who wanted a house that size these days did not want it in the high street of a market town , and this young woman surely would not have the income to keep it up . |
| 2 | they have n't got the money to keep them running |
| 3 | It was a dour afternoon , with few men and women in the streets , which had a pinched , frozen look as if there were not enough fires burning in the houses to keep them snug . |
| 4 | The decision to keep it at 23 means fewer fixtures , less money and a greater likelihood of further clubs folding . |
| 5 | They became increasingly sleepy for the first four days until it became almost impossible for the experimenters to keep them awake . |
| 6 | According to him Beatrice was so jealous that she locked Modi up in the cottage to keep him from going off with other women . |
| 7 | Staff at one of the country 's oldest breweries have joined the fight to keep it independent . |
| 8 | He had stripped naked , running his shorts halfway up the ankle-chain to keep them dry , and sponged himself from head to foot , scouring his skin with the sponge to try to keep clean . |
| 9 | If the glider is trimmed for a normal cruising speed , because of the longitudinal stability it will require a forward movement and pressure on the stick to keep it diving at a higher speed . |
| 10 | Prevent snow and ice damaging upright conifers by winding twine or netting around the branches to keep them upright and in place . |
| 11 | The enclosure also houses a single 12″ speaker , plus the aforementioned footswitch , which neatly Velcros to the side to keep it safe and out of the way . |
| 12 | It was n't even in a fridge or nothing — it was just pressed up against the window to keep it cold . |
| 13 | Enough revs on the engine to keep it going |
| 14 | The next day he returned to drop the other ; with a note begging the finder to keep it , as he had no use for only one glove . |
| 15 | The question is whether the prohibition on alienating the land followed by the exhortation to keep it for descendants amounts to a trust . |
| 16 | Clough will consider it a much needed morale booster if he can get Keane 's signature on the new deal , even though the battle to keep him at the City Ground is far from being won . |
| 17 | The money raised at this event is put towards the running of the church and things needed for the village to keep it looking attractive . |
| 18 | The US continued to pour money into the South to keep it in power , again sinking deeper into the quicksand in the process . |
| 19 | Sometimes , when he was writing , she hung around in the conservatory to keep him company . |
| 20 | Very small children were sometimes sat on the cabin top and tied to the chimney to keep them safe . |
| 21 | You need your work at the moment to keep you sane and normal ! ’ |
| 22 | Occasionally , you may need to top up the water and to water the compost to keep it just damp . |
| 23 | So you 've got the tool to keep it |
| 24 | The idea , according to one report , was for the capital 's defenders to surrender their arms to the UN , for the Serbs to keep theirs but to pull back from the city , and for the UN to create a ‘ security belt ’ between . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , Alyssia is n't the sort to keep her spending a secret , ’ Piers mocked . |
| 26 | If , if she had believed the aim to keep it off , I would 've been jealous , but she , she 's not going to find it easy to keep her weight , she 's out here when she 's put back on pound . |
| 27 | Gould was torn between the need to preserve his specimens and the desire to keep them a secret . |
| 28 | Why the desire to keep it to himself ? |
| 29 | Because you were the one who kept going on about the need to keep it secret . |
| 30 | If 14 days be a reasonable length of time in such a contract in this particular trade , and if he waits seven days before entrusting the goods to a third person on sale or return , that third person has the right to keep them as against him for 14 days , whereas the original owner has a right to the return of them within seven days from that date and I think that is clearly an act inconsistent with anything but his having adopted the transaction . ’ |